Mezzo-Soprano

Niamh O'Sullivan

Beatrice & Benedict, Rigoletto

Biography

Irish mezzo-soprano Niamh O’Sullivan is praised for her “bewitchingly beautiful, dark vibrant voice” (Süddeutsche Zeitung) and is a 2023-2025 BBC New Generation Artist and former studio member of the Bayerische Staatsoper. Previous roles for Irish National Opera include Charlotte in Massenets’s Werther, Mercédès Carmen, Tisbe in Rossini’s La Cenerentola, Third Maid in Strauss’s Elektra, Asteria in Vivaldi’s Bajazet & Alva in the world premiere of Donnacha Denehy and Enda Walsh’s The First Child for the company and Niamh will make her role debut as Maddalena in Verdi’s Rigoletto in December.

The 24/25 season sees Niamh makes her house and role debut as Ino in Handel’s Semele for Théâtre des Champs Elysées and as Olga in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin for Canadian Opera Company. She also sings Ino in the Royal Opera House, London.

Niamh continues as a 2023-2025 BBC New Generation Artist, with plans to include a gala concert with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and recitals at the Wigmore Hall alongside her recital work in the UK and at home in Ireland.

In the 23/24 season, Niamh made her role debut as Wellgunde in a new Barrie Kosky production of Wagner’s Das Rheingold at the Royal Opera House, Wellgunde in Das Rheingold & Götterdämmerung and Mercédès in Bizet’s Carmen for Opernhaus Zürich and her role debut as Carmen in Peter Brooks adaptation of La tragédie de Carmen at the Buxton Festival.

Other recent plans have included Meg Page Verdi’s Falstaff at Opernhaus Zürich, Mercédès in Carmen at English National Opera.

Sept 2024